Author: Char Hu

OVERVIEW This white paper demonstrates that a care-recipient requiring more hands-on assistance with their activities of daily living (ADL) correlates with a need for more intense hours of in-home care. This digital data collection methodology brings significant validation for home care visits and is imperative to help us understand how many hours are needed when …

If you haven’t noticed or heard about any technical advances in Long term Care or Workers Compensation insurance, you aren’t alone. Much of the focus of technology and insurance has been on Property & Casualty and to a lesser extend life insurance. The Helper Bees are changing that. With a focus on data, analytics on …

During this incredible time, the world has unified around one element of best practice: protect older adults who are most vulnerable to this disease. Vigilance is taken in long-term care facilities, while friends and family are stepping in to grocery shop for those living at home. As this social distancing time period increases, however, we …

CEO and co-founder Char Hu of The Helper Bees speaks on aging technology at #SXSW’18. Upon receiving the SXSW Community Award, Char shares that we should be “building solutions that enhance the [invigorating] aspects of life.” He asks, “are we developing solutions with the Future Us in mind? Or just distracted by some of the things Current Us …

In The Spotlight: The Helper Bees are excited to announce that our CEO and co-founder Char Hu will be honored with this year’s SXSW Community Award. Char is being recognized for his “outstanding commitment to community service work that helps bridge the digital divide, impacts the community positively, and includes grassroots or hands-on organizing.” We …

In 2017, we’ve seen the start to new healthcare alliances with the CVS acquisition of Aetna and Humana’s acquisition of Kindred Healthcare. Regulatory environments are also moving in the direction of expanded health services and performance tracking that looks at alternatives to hospital and facility stays. At The Helper Bees, we’ve been following this progression …